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India paper is a type of paper which from 1875 has been based on bleached hemp and rag fibres, that produced a very thin, tough opaque white paper. It has a basis weight of 20 pounds (30 g/m 2 ; typical office paper is 80 g/m 2 ), yet bulks 1,000 pages to the inch (390 per centimetre).
The word "paper" is etymologically derived from papyrus, Ancient Greek for the Cyperus papyrus plant. Papyrus is a thick, paper-like material produced from the pith of the Cyperus papyrus plant which was used in ancient Egypt and other Mediterranean societies for writing long before paper was used in China.
Ancient Sanskrit on hemp based paper. Hemp fiber was commonly used in the production of paper from 200 BCE to the late 1800s. The pulp and paper industry in India is one of the major producers of paper in the world, [citation needed] but is outside the top 10. In recent years, [when?] India has adopted new manufacturing technology. [1]
The thickness of paper is often measured by caliper, which is typically given in thousandths of an inch in the United States and in micrometres (μm) in the rest of the world. [19] Paper may be between 0.07 and 0.18 millimetres (0.0028 and 0.0071 in) thick. [20] Paper is often characterized by weight.
Abhilekh-Patal is an online portal to access National Archives of India’s reference media and its digitized collections via the internet. [13] The name 'Abhilekh-Patal' comes from the Sanskrit word 'Abhilekh' meaning the records of ancient times and the word 'Patal' meaning a platform, board or a surface.
Handmade paper generally folds and tears more evenly along the laid lines. The International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA) is the world-leading association for handmade paper artists. Handmade paper is also prepared in laboratories to study papermaking and in paper mills to check the quality of the production process.
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